With intervening poss. adj.:
a mo aine a mó chland,
Sg.
204b2
.
a mo phopa Láig,
TBC 652
.
ammo phopa Ḟingin,
4311
. In a few early exx. a is apparently omitted before mo,
see
ZCP xix 365
. a mo is not found in classical verse and the
few late exx. found in translation literature may be due to
English influence (but see Celtica xxiv 247 n. 42
):
a mo anoim,
Desid. 2411
.
a mo anuim,
2419
.
a ar nAthair,
Parrth. Anma 765
. a mo Ṡethracha,
RSClára 47a
.

2 a

In O.Ir. also á (see
Celtica ii 339
-
40
), e (
Thurn. Gramm.
285
). Poss. adj. (proclitic form of aí, q.v.) of 3s.m. and n.
(leniting), 3s.f. (geminating) and 3pl. of all genders (nasal-
ising). When a numeral intervenes between poss. and noun
the usage fluctuates. The older is represented by
a nda ara.
LU 4729
, the later by
a da nduma,
LL 1541
, where the
initial of the noun is mutated independently of the numeral.
The poss. of the third person is also used in combinations
such as adám my two, adád your two, adár our two. Similarly
with trí. See
Ériu xi 146 ff.
and the numerals dá, trí.

For the forms in combination with prepositions see the
several prepositions.

Orig. perh. eyelash(es) which seems to be the usual meaning
in compounds, but eyelid suits a number of exx. The mean-
ings cannot always be sharply distinguished, and the follg.
classification is to some extent arbitrary.